Social work in a managed care environment
Managed care has created a new service environment, eliminating distinctions that have sustained social work ideology and the profession throughout its history. This paper reviews important features of managed care, considers changes it has brought to practice ideology, the practitioner/client relationship, and the practice environment, including social work employment. The paper discusses the new opportunities, challenges and problems that have emerged with this approach. While social workers should not embrace managed care, they should not run from it or blindly oppose it. They need to aggressively pursue it, fighting its major drawbacks, while adapting to a competitive market place. Given the current managed care market, the social work profession is now in the right place, at the right time, with the right skills, and available at the right price. It must now take on a leadership role to maintain its competitive position, protect its clients and insure quality practice.
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1999 |
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1999 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8 |
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Enthalten in: |
International journal of social welfare - 8(1999), 1 vom: 15. Jan., Seite 47-55 |
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Englisch |
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Segal, S P [VerfasserIn] |
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Consumers |
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Date Revised 30.03.2024 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
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10.1111/1468-2397.00061 |
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